Wanyama - 2 match ban

Wanyama has apparently been given a 2 match ban due to his recent red being his second of the season. He will therefore miss the FA Cup game versus Palace and the home game v Watford.

He is of course sorry for his sending off :-

I would just like to apologise to the manager, fans and everyone at the club for my red card yesterday.

It was reckless and irresponsible and I should have used my experience to have not let it happen, especially when I was on a yellow card. "I now just want to focus on getting back on the pitch and helping the team as much as I can.

My mate turned to me in about the 70th minute, just after Wanyama had made another rash tackle in front of our box, and said "Koeman needs to sub him - he's going to walk." Didn't take long for that to come true.

It also highlighted another frustrating aspect of recent: throwing subs on very late, when they have minimal chance of making an impact. The above was a clear-cut opportunity to get Mané onto the pitch earlier. Aside from a couple of surging runs, Norwich had barely troubled our defence.

Removing a defending player for an attacking one is ballsy but was necessary to positively attack for a 1-0 rather than limp to a 0-0 draw (or worse, lose to a solitary shot on target)

For my money, that (non-) decision was the turning point of the afternoon.